Friday, January 6, 2012

Ugly Christmas Sweaters


CLEARANCE RACK tip of the day

I’ve always felt some entrepreneurial urge inside of me and this Christmas I finally let it out. After seeing so many news stories about the increasing interest in ugly Christmas sweaters, I decided to make a few and see if I could sell them on KSL. I finished two and posted them on the website at 9 o’clock one night. At 9:30 I had someone call and want to buy them both. That was all the encouragement I needed. For the next two weeks I spent time searching for plain red or green sweaters at Savers and the D.I. and embellishing them with things I already had or items I purchased at the Dollar Store. As I finished them I posted them on KSL and they kept selling for $20 each. I made and sold twelve in all but the last five I sold to a guy a few days before Christmas for $50 for all five. I just wanted to get rid of them at that point. The entrepreneur in me was ready to move on to something else.

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